Happy New Year 2009

Kepong Station wishes all practitioners

A Very Happy, Peaceful, Healthy
and
Fruitful New Year 2009

甲洞鹤功辅导站祝全体甲洞功友

新年快乐

胃藥的新情敵--- 優酪乳

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優酪乳遇上胃酸會產生什麼奇妙的變化？

屏東市中正國中理化科學生，利用各廠牌的優酪乳對抗「模擬胃酸」，結果發現優酪乳有抑制胃痛的效果，獲得屏東科展冠軍，將代表屏東縣進軍全國科展。

屏東縣科學展覽日昨成績揭曉，中正國中2年11班學生陳奕潔、鄭秉芳、鄭哲宇、顏瑞亭等4人，以「胃藥的新情敵─當優酪乳遇上胃酸」拿下理化科第一名，鄭哲宇說，現代人生活很忙碌，許多人都有吃胃藥的習慣，也有人吃牛奶治胃痛，但為幫忙許多人解決胃痛問題，他們最近做了很多實驗，希望有更多的科學證據，支持他們的理論。

鄭哲宇等人指出，他們先以鹽酸製成與胃酸相同PH值的「模擬胃酸」，再倒入各廠牌的優酪乳，結果發現有的優酪乳只需一分鐘左右的時間，就可以將胃酸中和，可見優酪乳的獨特效用，為了將實驗用得很有趣，他們特別提出一個有趣的主題：「胃藥的新情敵」，那就是優酪乳。

中正國中校長陳明逢說，學校每年都會先舉辦校內科展，鼓勵各班組隊參加，胃病的確是現代人的最痛，同學們能以胃病為主題，進行各種實驗，幫現代人找出最好的防治方法。

砂糖癒合傷口

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高雄市民趙貴山患有糖尿病等疾病，足踝至小腿潰爛，花了幾十萬元治療仍無法痊癒，高雄醫學大學附設醫院主治醫師賴春生用砂糖撒在傷口上，一個多月就癒合。

賴春生說，砂糖有脫水作用，可抑制細菌生長，癒合傷口很有效。八十四歲的趙貴山患有糖尿病、高血壓、直腸癌，他的足踝至小腿三年前受傷潰爛，傷口一直無法癒合，曾到多家醫療院所治療，也試過高壓氧治療和不少秘方，前後花了幾十萬元，傷口非但沒有好轉還散發臭味。

趙貴山表示，四月初到高醫求診，醫師說在傷口撒砂糖治療就會好，他以為是開玩笑，沒想到砂糖撒上去後，傷口經過一個多月後逐漸癒合，簡直是「奇蹟」。

賴春生指出，用砂糖治療感染傷口在國外早年就有人提出報告，但是國內缺乏臨床嚴謹的研究，一般醫療院所不願嘗試，一般民眾也很難想像帶著甜味的砂糖撒在傷口上會有療效。

賴春生在高醫選擇十二名有糖尿病等疾病的患者，傷口都難以癒合，有些患者經檢驗有抗藥性的葡萄球菌感染，使用抗生素也殺不死細菌；傷口長期不能癒合，患者身心都苦惱，經過砂糖治療都已痊癒。

賴春生說，砂糖療法是使用市售的台糖白砂糖，直接撒在傷口上，然後敷蓋紗布。患者傷口原本因厭氧菌產生的臭味及分泌物，二十四小時內漸漸減少，七十二小時到九十六小時完全消失，發燒的患者很快就會退燒，平均七點六天可形成肉芽組織及增生表皮細胞。

他表示，自然界所有生物都要水分才能生長，細菌也不例外。砂糖有脫水作用，每天要撒一到兩次砂糖，以有效抑制細菌生長。因為砂糖不會黏附在傷口，換紗布時病人不會感到疼痛。賴春生說，砂糖療法對一般細菌感染的傷口也適用。

不過砂糖療法最好經醫師診斷治療，患者甚至可依醫師指示買砂糖在家自行「換糖」。

Beauty of the Soul

LIFE IS SO SHORT.

SO, THINK WHAT IS GOOD,
SPEAK WHAT IS KIND,
AND TRY TO LIVE YOUR BEST,
THEN THIS WORLD WILL BE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL TO YOU
WHEN MONEY IS LOST NOTHING IS LOST.
WHEN HEALTH IS LOST SOMETHING IS LOST.
WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST EVERYTHING IS LOST
LIVE LIKE A CANDLE,
WHICH BURNS ITSELF,
BUT GIVES LIGHT TO OTHERS.
IMPOSE YOUR OWN TERMS UPON LIFE.
IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE TERMS OF OTHERS.
LOOK BACKWARDS WITH GRATITUDE,
UPWARDS WITH CONFIDENCE
AND FORWARD WITH HOPE.
WHEN YOU TRULY CARE FOR SOMEONE,
YOU DON'T LOOK FOR FAULTS,
YOU DON'T LOOK FOR ANSWERS,
YOU DON'T LOOK FOR MISTAKES,
INSTEAD YOU FIGHT THE MISTAKES,
YOU ACCEPT THE FAULTS,
AND YOU OVERLOOK THE EXCUSES.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!

再谈用意不用力

Mid-Valley Megamall
(Photographer: Jimmy Chew)

（此文转载自求医不如求己 真心就是大智慧。谢谢。）

现在喜欢锻炼身体的人是越来越多，可见大家对健康的重视，但是要想能够通过锻炼真正达到强身健体的目的，您首先要知道，我们到底要炼什么，怎么炼身体才能真正的健康呢？

其实，不在于您炼的项目，您可以炼自己喜欢的任何运动，跑步，游泳，打球，瑜珈，健美，搏击，以及走步，爬山，跳舞，太极拳。都是很好的运动。这些运动本身没有优劣之分。关键是您怎么去炼。

您说，我们一起练举重，他举一百斤，我也举一百斤，难道锻炼的效果会不一样吗？当然不一样，有时甚至完全不同。同样是锻炼，练的是同一个项目，有的人练完受益，有的人受伤。

其实，造成锻炼效果不同的原因，只是一个心念，也就是您在锻炼时心里的想法。这个想法，才是锻炼的真正意义。这个想法就是：用意不用力。这本是出自太极拳谱当中的一句名言。不但道出了太极拳法的精髓，也为我们进行各种锻炼指明了方向。

有许多人总希冀能得到武功秘籍，祖传秘方，最好是密密麻麻，厚厚的一本书，其实，真言一句话，假言万卷书。如果，一生当中，能有一两句真言短语时时在脑海中提醒、指导我们的生活，那就已经是受益无穷了。

“用意不用力”就是这样的真言短语。

有人说：用意不用力？我不懂，我就知道，举杠铃的时候，你不用力，就举不起来。您说的对，不用力，不是一点力不使，而是不额外的加力。这就象是你在唱歌，高音部分很多人唱不上去，于是就声嘶力竭。这就是用力了。真正的歌唱家，是用心去唱，声音高亢甜美，却不觉丝毫费力。这就是用意不用力。有人还是不解：刚才说举扛铃，你怎么扯到唱歌上去了，我现在想举一百斤，我不用力，能举得上去吗？举扛铃的时候，如果您随意和别人聊着天，就能轻意的把杠铃举起来，那么这时扛铃的重量，就可以让您体会到用意不用力的感觉。再说跑步吧，如果您在跑步的时候，没有觉得肌肉在使劲，只是全身很自然的在跑，腿该抬起就自然抬起，脚该落下就自然落下，胳膊的摆动也全然随意。那么就是在用意不用力。用意不用力就是最好的身心合一。这样锻炼，您不会受到任何损伤，而且效果极为显著。

因为您身体做的，就是您心里想的。身心之间没有抵触，没有摩擦，没有损耗。在公园散步，无意中碰到了几个晨练的朋友，正在打太极，他们让我指点一二，我说首先要放松，于是马上有人就显出松松垮垮的样子，我说放松不是软弱无力，于是又有人立刻含胸拔背，沉肩坠肘。我说：肌肉不可用力。于是他们就都站在那里不知所措了。其实，练太极拳，是寻求一种意境，一种身心合一的感觉。画家画画的时候不会感到画笔的存在。他脑子里只有一幅美好的图画。打太极拳就是在画这张图，我们的肢体动作就是这只画笔。我们只专心感觉太极拳的美妙意境就可以了，肢体是紧张是放松我们根本不用去管，它该紧张时就会紧张，该放松时自然放松。这就是用意不用力。

最近听到了一些练瑜珈的负面消息，主要是肌肉关节拉伤，以及生理机能紊乱。其实，瑜珈本身没有问题。问题在于，我们练习的时候，没有身心合一。

身体抵抗时，心里就不要强迫它。一强迫必然受伤。当我们猛击一拳的时候，真正发力的不是胳膊的二头肌，而是胸中的怒火。

有人说，意是什么？我怎么体会不到呢？其实感觉不到也不妨碍正常的生活，只是少了些情趣，多了些单调和辛劳。

那是一种感动，我们在梦中最容易真切的体会，有这种感动，小街的灯火才变得浪漫，寻常的月色才这般迷人，不然，灯火只是那或明或暗的影子，月色也不过是忽隐忽现的光团罢了。

MERRY CHRISTMAS 圣诞节快乐

Kepong Station wishes all practitioners Merry Christmas.

甲洞站祝全体功友圣诞节快乐

Old Age is a Gift

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Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my other!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.

They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the import ant things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!

燙傷處理新法

A Beach at Pulau Langkawi

燒燙傷如果沒有馬上降溫與止痛，未來的辛路歷程是可想而知。

當燙傷時第一時間不是很痛，是因為身體有百分之0.9的鹽繼續吸皮膚發炎的熱而變成越來越灼熱痛，我們用鹽把熱吸過去就不痛了，因為鹽有吸熱和滲透的特性，民俗廟會過火撒鹽就是這個原理。我向一位年長的婦女說燙傷須馬上泡冰鹽水：有一次她跌倒整隻手掌插入熱油鍋裡，她整隻手掌藏入鹽堆裡，結果手心手背都好了，手指起水泡是因為沒有把手指頭張開，還高興的向我說謝謝。

★未破皮處之燙傷處理（熱水、熱湯、熱油、摩托車煙管、蒸氣燙傷）

實例：本案例曾在三年前被羊肉湯燙傷，採沖脫泡蓋送吃藥打針敷藥半個多月還留下了大疤痕，去年我聽吳敏冠女士說燙傷用冰鹽水或鹽來療傷效果很好，碰巧又被大型瓦斯爐灼傷，傷到整個手掌到手腕灼熱痛的很厲害就用此方法來做，先沖水後再泡入冰鹽水就不痛，可是一拿出來又痛，就藏入大量的鹽裡一段很長的時間!需耗三個小時，泡到離開鹽不痛為止。結果皮膚紅紅的對熱源有四、五天很敏感，但沒有敷藥也沒有留下疤痕。

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Can I borrow RM25?

Photographer: 潘嵩毅

(We received this story via an e-mail.)

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.

'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.


It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

很重要的知識..

Photographer: Jimmy Chew

不是恐怖的！！！

台灣，一名女人突然無緣無故的七孔流血暴斃，一夜之間，就奔赴黃泉大家下回可要多多注意囉！經過初步驗屍 .斷定為因砒霜中毒而死亡。那砒霜從何而來？
Taiwan, a woman suddenly unprovoked bloody seven-hole died overnight, next time we went to their lives. Pay attention to what will happen a lot?! After a preliminary autopsy. Diagnosed as a result of arsenic poisoning death. The arsenic supposed to come from?

警員展開了深入而廣泛的調查。一名醫學院的教授被邀趕來協助破案。
Police launched an in-depth and extensive investigation. A medical school professor was invited to help.

教授仔細地察看了死者胃中取物，不到半個小時，暴斃之謎便揭曉。教授說：「死者並非自殺，亦不是被殺，而是死於無知的『它殺』」！
The professor carefully examine the remains from the stomach of the deceased. In less than half an hour, the mystery was revealed. He said: 'It was not suicide and also not murder. It was ignorance!'

大家莫名其妙，何為『它殺』！？
教授說：「砒霜是在死者腹內產生的。」死者生前每天也會服食「維他命 C」，這完全沒有問題！問題出在她晚餐吃了大量的蝦，吃蝦本身也是沒有問題的，所以她的家人吃了都沒有事，但死者卻同時服用了「維他命 C」，問題就出在這裡!
All puzzled and wonder why ignorance could kill!
The professor said: 'The arsenic was produced in the stomach of the deceased.' The deceased took 'Vitamin C' every day. This by itself is not a problem. Problem was she ate a lot of shrimp for dinner. Eating shrimp by itself is not a problem. This was why nothing happened to other family members. The problem lies in the taking of 'Vitamin C' and shrimp at the same time.

美國芝加哥大學的研究人員，通過實驗發現，蝦等軟殼類食物含有大量濃度較高的 －五鉀砷化合物。
Research at the University of Chicago in the United States found through experiments that soft-shell shrimp food contains a lot of highly concentrated - five potassium arsenic compounds.

這種物質食入體內，本身對人體並無毒害作用！但是，在服用「維生素 C」之後，由於化學作用，使原來無毒的－五鉀砷 ( 即砷酸酐，亦稱五氧化砷，其化學式為As205)，轉變為有毒的三鉀砷(即亞砷酸酐)，又稱為三氧化二砷，其化學式為 (As203)，這就是人們俗稱的砒霜 !
The foods taken are harmless to the human body. However, with 'vitamin C', there is chemical reaction. The original non-toxic - five potassium arsenic (As anhydride, also known as arsenic oxide, the chemical formula is As205) changed to a three potassium toxic arsenic (ADB arsenic anhydride), also known as arsenic trioxide whose chemical formula is (As203), which is commonly known as arsenic!

砒霜有原漿毒作用，能麻痺細血管，抑制巰基梅的活性，並使肝臟脂變肝小葉中心壞死，心、肝、腎、腸充血，上皮細胞壞死，毛細血管擴張。故中其毒而死者，常是七竅出血。所以；為慎重起見，在服用「維生素 C 」期間，應當忌食蝦類。
Arsenic poisoning causes paralysis to small blood vessels and inhibits the activity of the liver. Internal bleeding of the heart, liver, kidney and intestine happen. Thus, the deceased died of poisoning. Therefore, as a precautionary measure, while taking 'vitamin C', do not eat shrimp.

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CANCEROUS FOODS / PRODUCTS

INSTANT NOODLES

Dear instant noodle lovers, Make sure you break for at least 3 days after one session of instant noodles before you eat your next packet! Please read the info shared to me by a doctor. My family stopped eating instant noodles more than 5 years ago after hearing about the wax coating the noodles - the wax is not just in the Styrofoam containers but it coats the noodles. This is why the instant noodles do not stick to each other when cooking.

If one were to examine the ordinary Chinese yellow noodles in the market, one will notice that in their uncooked state the noodles are oily. This layer of oil prevents the noodles from sticking together.

Wanton noodles in their uncooked state have been dusted with flour to prevent them sticking together. When the hawker cooks the noodles, notice he cooks them in hot water and then rinses them in cold water before cooking them in hot water again. This process is repeated several times before the noodles are ready to be served. The cooking and rinsing process prevents noodles from sticking together.

The hawker then "lowers the noodles in oil and sauce to prevent the noodles from sticking if they are to be served dry. Cooking instructions for spaghetti require oil or butter to be added in the water when boiling the spaghetti to prevent the pasta from sticking together. Otherwise, one gets a big clump of spaghetti!

There was an SBC (now TCS) actor some years ago, who at a busy time of his career had no time to cook, resorted to eating instant noodles everyday. He got cancer later on. His doctor told him about the wax in instant noodles. The doctor told him that our body will need up to 2 days to clear the wax. There was also an SIA steward who after moving out from his mother's house into his own house, did not cook but ate instant noodles almost every meal. He had cancer, and has since died from it.

Nowadays the instant noodles are referred as " cancer noodles ".

SATAY LOVERS (BARBECUE)

If you all eat Satay, don't ever forget to eat the cucumber, because eating Satay together with carbon after barbequing can cause cancer.

But we have a cure for that... Cucumber should be eaten after we eat the Satay because Satay has carcinogen (a cancer causing element) but cucumber is anti-carcinogenic. So don't forget to eat the cucumber the next time you have Satay's.

PRAWNS (SUGPO) & VIT C

DO NOT eat shrimp / prawn if you have just taken VITAMIN C pills!! This will cause you to DIE in ARSENIC (As) toxication within HOURS!!

PORK AWARENESS

Try this and see whether the pork you bought has worms. There goes with your "Bak Kut Teh" for those who love it. Most men love to eat this so watch out before it's too late. If you pour Coke (yes, the soda) on a slab of pork, wait a little while, you will SEE WORMS crawl out of it. A message from the Health Corporation of Singapore about the bad effects of pork consumption. Pig's bodies contain MANY TOXINS, WORM and LATENT DISEASES.

Although some of these infestations are harboured in other animals, modern veterinarians say that pigs are far MORE PREDISPOSED to these illnesses than other animals. This could be because PIGS like to SCAVENGE and will eat ANY kind of food, INCLUDING dead insects, worms, rotting carcasses, excreta including their own, garbage, and other pigs. INFLUENZA (flu) is one of the MOST famous illnesses which pigs share with humans. This illness is harboured in the LUNGS of pigs during the summer months and tends to affect pigs and human in the cooler months.

Sausage contains bits of pigs' lungs, so those who EAT pork sausage tend to SUFFER MORE during EPIDEMICS of INFLUENZA. Pig meat contains EXCESSIVE quantities of HISTAMINE and IMIDAZOLE compounds, which can lead to ITCHING and INFLAMMATION; GROWTH HORMONE which PROMOTES INFLAMMATION and growth; sulphur containing mesenchymal mucus which leads to SWELLING and deposits of MUCUS in tendons and cartilage, resulting in ATHRITIS, RHEUMATISM, etc.

Sulphur helps cause FIRM human tendons and ligaments to be replaced by the pig's soft mesenchymal tissues, and degeneration of human cartilage.

Eating pork can also lead to GALLSTONES and OBESITY, probably due to its HIGH CHOLESTEROL and SATURATED FAT content. The pig is the MAIN CARRIER of the TAENIE SOLIUM WORM, which is found in its flesh. These tapeworms are found in human intestines with greater frequency in nations where pigs are eaten. This type of tapeworm can pass through the intestines and affect many other organs, and is incurable once it reaches beyond a certain stage. One in six people in the US and Canada has RICHINOSIS from eating trichina worms, which are found in pork.

Many people have NO SYMPTOMS to warm them of this, and when they do, they resemble symptoms of many other illnesses. These worms are NOT noticed during meat inspections.

(We received this article via an-email.)

寿命居世界前列中国领导人每天吃哪些食物?

(We received this interesting article via an e-mail.)

中国领导人的生活，向来蒙着神秘的面纱，领导们吃什么、怎么吃，是不能公开说的秘密。原北京医院营养科主任、首长营养保健专家曾煦媛爆料，领导们多吃粗粮，少食多餐、科学饮食方式，是中国领导人均寿命一直居世界前列的主因。曾煦媛透露，中国领导养身的基本法则，是每天吃够25种食物。

少肉多粗粮少量多餐

曾煦媛指出，领导们的食谱，不像一般人想像的满是山珍海味，恰恰相反，他们吃更多的粗粮，更少的肉类；他们一系列饮食方法，绝大部分普通老百姓也可以如法炮制。

曾煦媛解释，每天吃够25种食物，是说食物的种类，而非25道菜。中国营养学泰斗、从事营养工作六十多年的原北京军区总医院营养科主任李瑞芬也说，领导们吃"四条腿动物"的肉比较少，从营养上来说，四条腿（猪、牛、羊）不如两条腿（鶏、鹅），两条腿不如一条腿（菌类），一条腿不如没有腿（鱼）。

曾煦媛透露她为中央"老首长们"配餐，讲究的是少食多餐的原则，只有当食物种类够"杂"，才能使营养均衡。

饮食＋运动难怪长寿

正餐七成饱两顿零食

曾煦媛列举为领导们安排的食谱：早餐是半杯牛奶、一盘小菜、一个小麻酱咸花卷、一小碗小米粥或莲子羹；中餐是里面放十种以上食物的什锦砂锅，一两左右的红豆焖饭或薏米饭；晚餐是氽萝卜丝鲫鱼丸子、小米粥。

两餐间要加零食，曾煦媛说，领导们正餐只吃七成饱，在上午10时左右和下午3时左右，补充一些零食。比如，上午吃一小碗银耳莲子羹或麦麸，下午则喝半杯酸奶，吃几粒坚果。据了解，享寿91岁的已故元老陈云，每天都要吃13粒花生、散步13分钟，会客只三分钟。他的妻子、著名营养专家若木，则奉行"五果为助"的原则，要陈云饭后吃两根香蕉或其他水果。烹调少炸炒酒前打底。

曾煦媛指出，食物的烹饪方法同样重要，以蒸、煮、焖、拌、氽为主，这些烹饪方法能够减少营养流失，保证低脂饮食。领导们的食谱中并非完全没有炸和炒，但每星期只吃一次。而不管何种烹饪方法，低盐、低脂、高膳食纤维，是必须遵守的原则。

此外，领导们会多吃健脑、养心食物，如豆类、杏仁、芝麻、核桃、葡萄酒等。领导喝酒前，会吃些含维生素Ｂ群的食物，因为酒精会损伤胃黏膜，让体内缺乏维生素Ｂ群，所以需要在喝酒前用粗粮、杂粮、瘦肉、花生等"打底"。

曾煦媛强调，只注重饮食，远远不够，一些老领导们所以能够长寿，坚持锻炼身体很重要。一位今年已102岁高龄的将军，年轻时开始打网球，直到 88岁，每周还打四、五场，每次一、两个小时。现在的中共领导，同样注重运动，胡锦涛乒乓球打得不错，温家宝访问日本时，则露了一手打棒球。

领导们吃的虽简单，但食品来源一定要安全。据悉，中央领导吃的米、喝的水，都有特定产区供应。北京每到秋天九保桃盛产季，最好产区的九保桃一定是送往中南海，以及退休领导家中。

Simplicity is good Pettiness is a hindrance to Happiness

A Road in Kuala Lumpur

PEACE OF MIND
If you were to ask your neighbour, 'What would give you peace of mind?' he might tell you,
'A vacation in Bermuda !' or
'An extra hundred grand would give me peace!', or
'A new Ferrari would make me content!'

But going places - and getting stuff - is usually a temporary solution ...........

Let's say you buy a lottery ticket and by some miracle you win your dream Ferrari. Today you are contented. Tomorrow you are saying, 'If I could just catch that little punk who scratched it in the car park!'

Peace of mind rarely comes from getting more stuff. Getting more stuff usually leads to wanting even more stuff!

Peace of mind starts with being grateful for what you have right now.

GRATITUDE is POWER , and here's why.......

When you are thankful for what you have - for the friends you have, and for the things you've got, you attract more good people and good things!

People who always complain about what they DON'T HAVE, stay stuck. Complainers attract more things to complain about!

It is a law of life. It's hard to explain, but you can observe it around you. We get more of what we dwell upon.

' Start by being thankful. Be happy with what you have now, and more will come your way .'

It's practical advice.

IN A NUTSHELL
Every time you say a silent 'thank you', you become more peaceful - and more contented .

(We received this great philosophical article via an e-mail from a fellow Kepong CSCQ practitioner who practices CSCQ whenever he has the chance, even when he is on the road.)

我們都聽過乳癌,但不知如何預防

The Great Galaxy in Andromeda
(Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss)

現在有小小秘方 , 別忘了告訴你的好友

乳癌，它一直都是女性朋友的隱憂，想想萬一要把最能讓人注目的部位切除掉，那是多麼難過的事啊！不過你知道嗎？有個水果可是可以讓你跟乳癌說掰掰喔！

加拿大氰化物大學研究人員發現，番茄汁內所含的番茄紅素具有防止乳癌的效果，特別是像番茄醬、番茄汁或是番茄湯等經過加工的番茄食品的番茄紅素特別容易為人體吸引，降低罹患乳癌的效果比直接生吃番茄還要好。如果達到預防效果每天須吸收廿五毫克的番茄紅素。

英國『衛報』報導，前此有研究顯示食用番茄可以減少男人罹患攝護腺癌和心臟病機率，而這項由一家茄醬公司贊助的研究則發現，番茄、西瓜與紅葡萄呈現紅色的番茄紅素可以預防乳癌、子宮頸癌、前列腺癌、結腸癌與心臟病，其中又以預防乳癌的效果特別顯著。而且也應吃足量的新鮮蔬果以維健康。


去脂食物

(1) 凍豆腐－根據報導指出，凍豆腐能吸收胃腸道以及全身組織的脂肪，有利脂肪的排泄。

(2) 鳳梨－鳳梨有蛋白質分解酵素，具有分解魚、肉的功能，吃過大餐後可以吃它。但是吃涼的東西會不舒服的人，儘量少吃它。

(3) 陳皮－漢方的陳皮，對脾、肺很好，可以幫助消化、排除胃部的氣、減少腹部脂肪的堆積。但是有心臟、血管毛病的人最好少吃！

(4) 薏仁－味道微甜的薏仁除了美白治痘，對水腫型的肥胖也很有幫助。但是孕婦禁止吃哦！

(5) 烏賊－烏賊的脂肪含量，每 100g才有 0.7g，是很不容易害妳變胖的食物。

(6) 木瓜－木瓜有輕微的興奮作用。本草綱目說，木瓜可以去水腫、治腳氣病。關節不好的人，也可以吃木瓜改善哦！

(7) 醃製過的菜－植物性脂肪已被分解，而蛋白質、維生素、礦物質卻被破壞得極少，但水腫型的肉肉妹不可用這個來減肥！

(8) 竹筍－竹筍具有低脂、低糖、多粗纖維的特點，可防止便祕。但竹筍有難溶性的草酸鈣，胃潰瘍的人不可多吃！

(9) 綠豆芽－含有較高的磷、鐵之外，主要含有大量的水份，多吃綠豆芽，也不易形成脂肪在皮下 。

（此文由点邮中取得。）

Treatment For Sugar - Lady Finger

Please note that another name for Lady Finger (Bhindi ) is " OKRA ".

Last month in one of TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar (Diabetes). Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine.

Take two pieces of Lady Finger (Bhindi) and remove/cut both ends of each piece. Also put a small cut in the middle and put these two pieces in glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during night. Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady finger (bhindi) from the glass and drink that water.

Keep doing it on daily basis.

Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your SUGAR.

My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on Insulin for a few years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months, she has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every day. But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds the water and drinks it all up the next morning. Please try it as it will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most cases might be chronic.

(We received this article via an e-mail.)

不要跟你所在乎的人 ~ 嘔氣太久~~會讓你一輩子都後悔的!!

(Photographer: Jimmy Chew)

<感人的故事> - 我们从电邮中取得。

疼惜您所擁有的珍藏，追尋您所期盼的夢想-----

這是個真實的故事（蘆荻口述　連淑香整理)


一個個無情的誤解，打亂了幸福的腳步。當命運的死結終於用代價打開，一切都為時已晚。

接婆婆來家安度晚年﹐結果卻背離我們的初衷﹐結婚二年後﹐先生跟我商量把婆婆從鄉下接來安度晚年。

先生很小時父親就過世了﹐他是婆婆唯一的寄託﹐婆婆? 一個人扶養他長大﹐供他讀完大學。'含辛茹苦'這四個字用在婆婆的身上﹐絕對不為過！

我連連說好﹐馬上給婆婆收拾出一間南向帶陽台的房間﹐可以曬太陽﹐養花草什麼的。

先生站在陽光充足的房間﹐一句話沒說﹐卻突然舉起我在房間裡轉圈﹐在我張牙舞爪地求饒時﹐先生說﹕'接咱們媽去。'

先生身材高大﹐我喜歡貼著他的胸口﹐感覺嬌小的身體隨時可被他抓起來塞進口袋。

當我和先生發生爭執而又不肯屈服時﹐先生就把我舉起來﹐在腦袋上方搖搖晃晃﹐一直到我嚇得求饒。這種驚恐的快樂讓我迷戀。

婆婆在鄉下的習慣一時改不掉。

我習慣買束鮮花擺在客廳裡﹐婆婆後來實在忍不住﹕'你們娃娃不知道過日子﹐買花幹什麼？又不能當飯吃！'

我笑著說﹕'媽﹐家裡有鮮花盛開﹐人的心情會好。'

婆婆低著頭嘟噥﹐先生就笑﹕'媽﹐這是城裡人的習慣﹐慢慢的﹐你就習慣了。'

婆婆不再說什麼﹐但每次見我買了鮮花回來﹐依舊忍不住問花了多少錢﹐我說了﹐他就'嘖嘖'咂嘴。

有時﹐見我買大包小包的東西回家﹐她就問這個多少錢那個多少錢﹐ 我─如實回答﹐她的嘴就咂的更響了。

先生擰著我的鼻子說﹕'小傻瓜你別告訴她真實價錢不就行了嗎？ '

快樂的生活漸漸有了不和諧的聲音。

婆婆最看不慣我先生起來做早餐。

在她看來﹐大男人給老婆燒飯﹐哪有這個道理？

早餐桌上﹐婆婆經常陰著一張臉﹐我裝做看不見。

婆婆便把筷子弄得叮噹亂響﹐這是她無聲的抗議。

我在少年宮做舞蹈老師﹐跳一整天舞已夠累的了﹐ 早晨暖洋洋的被窩﹐ 我不想扔掉這惟一的享受﹐ 於是﹐我對婆婆的抗議裝聾作啞。

婆婆偶爾願意幫我做一些家務﹐但她一做我就更忙了。

比如﹐她把用過的垃圾袋通通收集起來﹐說等攢夠了賣廢塑料﹐ 搞得家裡到處都是廢塑料袋；她捨不得用洗潔精洗碗﹐為了不傷她的自尊﹐我只好偷偷再洗一遍。

一次﹐我 晚上偷偷洗碗被婆婆看見了﹐她'啪'的一聲摔上門﹐趴在自己的房間裡放聲大哭。

先生左右為難﹐事後﹐先生一晚上沒跟我說話﹐我撒嬌﹐耍賴﹐他也不理我。
我火了﹐ 問他﹕'我究竟哪裡做錯了？'

先生瞪著我說﹕'你就不能遷就一下﹐碗再不乾淨也吃不死人吧？'

後來﹐好長一段時間﹐婆婆不跟我說話﹐家裡的氣氛開始逐漸尷尬。

那段日子﹐先生活得很累﹐不知道要先逗誰開心好。

婆婆為了不讓兒子做早餐﹐義無反顧地承擔起燒早飯的' 重任'。

婆婆看著先生吃得快樂﹐再看看我﹐用眼神譴責我沒有盡到做妻子的責任。

為了逃避尷尬﹐我只好在上班的路上買包奶打發自己。

睡覺時﹐先生有點生氣地問我﹕'蘆荻﹐是不是嫌棄我媽做飯不衛生才不在家吃？'

翻了一個身﹐他扔給我冷冷的脊背﹐任憑我委屈的流淚。

最後﹐先生嘆氣﹕'蘆荻﹐就當是為了我﹐你在家吃早餐行不行？'

我只好回到尷尬的早餐桌上。那天早晨﹐我喝著婆婆煮的稀飯﹐忽然一陣反胃﹐肚子裡所有的東西都搶著向外奔跑﹐我拼命地壓抑著不讓它們往上翻湧﹐但還是壓不住﹐我扔下碗﹐衝進廁所﹐吐得稀裡嘩啦。

當我喘息著平定下來時﹐聽見婆婆夾雜著家鄉話的抱怨和哭聲﹐先生站在衛生間門口憤怒地望著我﹐我乾張著嘴巴說不出話﹐我真的不是故意的。

我和先生開始了第一次激烈的爭吵﹐婆婆先是瞪著眼看我們﹐然後起身﹐蹣跚著出門去了。先生恨恨地瞪了我一眼﹐下樓追婆婆去了。

意外迎來新生命﹐卻突然葬送了婆婆的性命！

整整三天﹐先生沒有回家﹐連電話都沒有。

我正氣著﹐想想自從婆婆來後﹐我已經受夠委屈了﹐還要我怎麼樣？

莫明其妙的﹐我最近總想嘔吐﹐吃什麼都沒有胃口﹐加上亂七八糟的家事﹐心情差到了極點。

後來﹐還是同事告訴我﹕'蘆荻﹐你臉色很差﹐還是去醫院看看吧。' 醫院檢查的結果是我懷孕了。

我明白了那天早晨 我為什麼突然嘔吐﹐幸福中夾著一絲幽怨﹕先生和曾經是過來人的婆婆﹐他們怎麼就絲毫沒有想到這點呢？

在醫院門口﹐我看見了先生。僅僅三天沒見﹐他憔悴了許多。我本想轉身就走﹐但他的模樣讓我心疼﹐沒忍住﹐我喊了他。

先生循著聲音看見了我﹐卻好像不認識了﹐眼神裡有一絲藏不住的厭惡﹐這冰冷地刺傷了我。

我跟自己說不要看他不要看他﹐伸手攔了一輛出租車。

那時﹐我多想向先生大喊一聲﹕'親愛的我要給你生個寶貝了！'然後被他舉起來﹐幸福地旋轉。

我希望的並沒有發生。

在出租車裡﹐我的眼淚才遲遲地落下來。為什麼一場爭吵就讓愛情糟糕到這樣的程度？

回家後﹐我躺在床上想先生﹐想他滿眼的厭惡。我握著被子的一角哭了。

夜裡﹐家裡有翻抽屜的聲音。打開燈﹐我看見先生淚流滿面的臉。他正在拿錢。我冷冷地看著他﹐一聲不響。他對我視若無睹﹐拿著存摺和鈔票匆匆離開。

或許先生是打算徹底離開我了。真是個理智的男人﹐情與錢分得如此清楚。我冷笑了幾下﹐眼淚'嘩啦嘩啦 '的流下來。

第二天﹐我沒去上班。想徹底清理一下自己的思緒﹐找先生好好談一談。找到先生的公司﹐秘書有點奇怪地看著我說﹕'陳總的母親出了車禍﹐這幾天都在醫院裡呢。'我瞠目結舌。

飛奔到醫院﹐找到先生時﹐婆婆已經去世了。先生一直不看我﹐一臉僵硬。我望著婆婆幹瘦蒼白的臉﹐眼淚止不住﹕天哪！怎麼會是這樣？

直到安葬了婆婆﹐先生也沒跟我說一句話﹐甚至看我一眼都帶著深深的厭惡。

關於車禍﹐我還是從別人嘴裡了解到大概﹐婆婆出門後迷迷糊糊地向車站走﹐她想回老家﹐先生越追她走得越快﹐穿過馬路時﹐一輛公車迎面撞過來……

我終於明白了先生的厭惡﹐如果那天早晨我沒有嘔吐﹐如果我們沒有爭吵﹐如果……在他的心裡﹐認定我是間接殺死他母親的罪人。

先生默不作聲搬進了婆婆的房間﹐每晚回來都滿身酒氣。而我一直被愧疚和可憐的自尊折騰得喘不過氣來﹐想跟他解釋﹐想跟他說我們快有孩子了﹐但看著他冰冷的眼神﹐又把所有的話都咽了回去。

我寧願先生打我一頓或者罵我一頓﹐雖然這一切事故都不是我故意要它發生的。

一天一天地窒息著重覆下去﹐先生回家的時間越來越晚。

我們僵持著﹐比一般的陌生人還要尷尬。我是繫在他心上的死結。

一次﹐我路過一家西餐廳﹐穿過透明的落地窗﹐我看見先生和一個年輕女孩面對面坐著﹐他輕輕地為女孩攏了攏頭髮﹐我就明白了這一切。

先是呆住﹐然後我進了西餐廳﹐站在先生面前﹐死死盯著他看﹐眼裡沒有一滴淚。我什麼也不想說﹐也無話可說。

女孩看看我﹐看看我先生﹐站起來想走﹐但我先生伸手按住她﹐然後﹐同樣死死地﹐一樣絕不示弱地看著我。

我只能聽見自己緩慢的心跳﹐一下一下跳動在瀕臨死亡般的蒼白邊緣。輸了的是我﹐如果再站下去﹐我會和肚子裡的孩子一起倒下的。

那一夜﹐先生沒回家﹐他用這樣的方式讓我明白﹕隨著婆婆的去世﹐我們 的愛情也死了。

先生再也沒有回來過。

有時﹐我下班回來﹐看見衣櫥有被動過──是先生回來拿一點自己的東西。我不想給他打電話﹐原先還有試圖向他解釋一番的念頭﹐但一切都已經徹底失去了。

我一個人過生活﹐一個人去醫院作產檢﹐每每看見有男人小心地扶著妻子去做產檢﹐我的心便碎的不成樣子。

同事隱約勸我拿掉算了﹐我堅決說不﹐我發瘋似的一定要生下這個孩子﹐也算是對婆婆的死的補償吧。

我下班回來﹐先生坐在客廳裡﹐滿屋子煙霧彌漫﹐茶几上擺著一張紙。沒必要看﹐我知道那裡面寫了什麼內容。先生不在家的二個多月﹐我逐漸學會了平靜。

我看著他﹐摘下帽子﹐說﹕'你等一下﹐我簽字。' 先生看著我﹐眼神複雜﹐和我一樣。
我一邊解大衣扣子一邊在心裡對自己說﹕'不哭不能哭……'眼睛很疼﹐但我決不讓眼淚流出來。掛好大衣﹐先生的眼睛死死的盯著我已然隆起的肚子。我笑了笑﹐走過去﹐拖過那張紙﹐看也不看﹐簽上自己的名字﹐推還給他。

'蘆荻﹐你懷孕了？'

自從婆婆出事後﹐這是先生跟我說的第一句話。我再也管不住眼睛﹐眼淚一瞬間嘩啦地流下來。

我說﹕'是啊﹐不過沒事﹐你可以走了。' 先生沒走﹐黑暗裡﹐我們對望著。

先生慢慢趴在我身上﹐眼淚滲透了被子。

而在我心裡﹐很多東西已經走遠了﹐遠到即使我奔跑都追不到了。

不記得先生跟我說過多少遍'對不起'了﹐我也曾經以為自己會原諒﹐但卻不能﹐在西餐廳先生當著那個女孩的面﹐他那冰冷的眼神﹐這輩子﹐我忘記不了了。

我們在彼此心上劃下了一道不可磨滅的傷痕。

我的﹐是無意的；他的﹐是刻意的。

期待著冰釋前嫌﹐但過去的已無法再重來！

除了想起肚子裡的孩子時心裡是暖暖的﹐而對先生﹐我心是冷如冰霜﹐不吃他買的任何東西﹐不收他的任何禮物﹐不跟他多說一句話。

從在那張紙上簽了字後﹐婚姻以及愛情統統在 我的心裡消失了。

有時先生試圖進臥室﹐他來﹐我就出去客廳﹐先生只好睡回婆婆的房間。

夜裡﹐從先生的房間有時會傳來輕微的呻吟﹐我都一聲不響。這是他習慣玩的伎倆﹐以前只要我不理他了﹐他就裝病﹐我就會乖乖投降﹐關心他怎麼了﹐他就一把抓住我哈哈大笑。

他似乎忘了﹐那時﹐我會心疼是因為有愛情﹐而現在﹐我們還有什麼？

先生的呻吟斷斷續續的一直到孩子出生。

他幾乎每天都在給孩子買東西﹐嬰兒用品﹐兒童用品﹐以及孩子喜歡的書﹐一包包的﹐快把他的房間堆滿了。

我知道他是想用這樣的方式感動我﹐而我完全不為所動。 他只好關在房間裡﹐用電腦'批哩啪啦'敲字﹐或許他正網戀吧﹐但對我已經是無所謂的事了。

隔年春未的一個深夜﹐劇烈的腹痛讓我叫了出來﹐先生一個箭步衝進來﹐好像他根本就沒脫衣服睡覺﹐為的就是等這一刻的到來。

先生背起我就往樓下跑﹐攔車﹐一路上緊緊地握住我的手﹐不停地幫我擦掉額頭上的汗。

到了醫院﹐背起我就往婦產科跑。

趴在他幹瘦而溫暖的背上﹐一個念頭忽然闖進我心裡﹕這一生﹐還有人會像他這樣疼愛我嗎？

先生扶著產房的門把喘息著﹐看著我被推進去﹐那眼神是暖融融的﹐我忍著陣痛對他笑了一下。

從產房出來後﹐先生望著我和兒子﹐眼睛濕濕地笑啊笑啊的。

我摸了一下他的手﹐卻是意外的冰冷，先生望著我﹐微笑﹐然後﹐緩慢而疲憊地癱軟倒下。

我放聲叫喊著他名字……

先生依然笑著﹐但沒睜開那疲憊的眼睛……

我以為這一生我再也不會為先生流一滴淚﹐而事實卻是﹐從沒有過的如此劇痛撕扯著我的身體。

醫生說﹐我先生的肝癌發現時已是晚期﹐他能堅持這麼久真的算是奇蹟。

我問醫生什麼時候發現的？

醫生說在五個月前﹐然後安慰我﹕'好好的準備後事吧。'

我不顧護士的阻攔﹐回到家﹐衝進先生的房間打開電腦﹐心跳一下子被疼痛窒息了。

先生的肝癌在五個月前就已發現﹐他在夜裡的呻吟是真的﹐我居然還以為……

而電腦上滿滿的20多萬字﹐是先生寫給兒子的留言﹕孩子﹐為了你﹐我一直在堅持﹐我要撐到看你一眼再倒下﹐是我這一生最大的願望……

我知道﹐你的一生會有很多快樂或者遇到挫折﹐如果我能夠陪你經歷這個成長歷程﹐那該有多麼美好﹐但我想爸爸我沒有這個機會了。

爸爸在電腦上﹐把你一生可能遇到的問題一一地寫下來﹐當你之後遇到這些問題時﹐或許你可以參考爸爸給你的意見…………

孩子﹐寫完這20 多萬字﹐我感覺像陪你經歷了整個成長過程。真的﹐爸爸現在很快樂。

好好愛你的媽媽﹐她很辛苦﹐她是這世上最愛你的人﹐也是我這世上最愛的人……

從兒子去幼兒園到讀小學﹐讀中學﹐大學﹐到工作以及愛情種種方面﹐巨細靡遺都寫到了。

先生也給我寫了留言﹕親愛的﹐娶了你是我一輩子最大的幸福﹐原諒我對你的傷害﹐原諒我隱瞞了病情﹐因為我想讓你有個好的心情等待孩子的出生……

親愛的﹐如果你現在哭了﹐那代表你已經原諒我了﹐那我就會笑了﹐謝謝你一直愛著我…還為我生了個孩子…

這些禮物﹐我想我是沒有機會親自送給孩子了﹐請你每年替我送他幾份禮物﹐包裝盒子上都寫好了送禮物的日期……親愛的……

回到醫院﹐先生依舊在昏迷中。

我把兒子抱過來﹐放在他身邊﹐我說﹕'你睜開眼笑一下吧﹐我要讓兒子記住在他爸爸懷裡的溫暖……'

先生艱難地睜開眼﹐微微地笑了一下。

兒子偎依在他懷裡﹐舞動著粉紅色的小手。

我'喀嚓喀嚓'按下快門﹐淚水在臉上放肆地流……

親愛的朋友們 : 轉傳一篇感人的文章與你們分享，在你看完了故事，並哭紅你的雙眼時，請記得這個故事警惕我們，有話要講出來，不要憋在心裡，尤其是對於你所在乎的人。

「人生最大的懲罰就是後悔」，有智慧的您--能不好好把握嗎？


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嘔氣也可能带有怒及悲的成分，怒伤肝，悲伤肺，嘔氣太久肯定对身体没益。

A Story of True Love

(Photographer: Jimmy Chew)

(We received this story via an e-mail from a fellow Kepong CSCQ practitioner.)

'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.

He said he was in a hurry, as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him.

I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.

On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.

The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.

I inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.

I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are'?

He smiled as he patted my hand and said, ''She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.'

I had to hold back tears as he left. I had goose bumps on my arms and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my life'.

True love is neither physical nor romantic.
True love is acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message.

This one I thought I could share with you.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.

I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did.

'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!

第五节 - 混元归一之功理 （赵金香宗师）

混元归一功理(1)

“混”一混沌。指传说中宇宙形成之前，亦即天地未分，鸿蒙未判之时的模糊一团的景象。

“元”—元始。元始之气为太虚之气。太虚者，太极也，太 极本无极，故日太虚。太极者，天地万物之始也。

“归一”为合一、统一之意。天得一以清，地得一以宁，人得一而滋生，万物得一而赋形。一之为道大矣哉!抱 一者治天下，守一者安性命。一者通，统万有而一之，合万物而归之。为数之始，为事之终。万衷万物皆来源于一，又归宿于一。世界上一切事物都处于阴阳矛盾之中，生生化化。人体也是一样，相当于一个小“宇宙”。只要练功顺乎自然规律，并持之以恒，就可以达到穴位开，经络通，阴阳平调，全身上下五脏六腑之真气混 沌一团(即混元归一)的功效。

本节功法是在前四节功法的基础上，也就是说前两节功法是以上肢调节运动为主；三、四节功法是以下肢调节运动为主的；这一节是上、下、左、右，全身性的运动调节，并对内外进行进一步的系统完整和提高，使全身各个关节，各条经脉和四肢百骸全面地得以锻炼，得以调整，使气血升降真正进入有序化的圆运动。

“左右调正”即下手轻拍命门，同时护命门，上手掌心向上承接天阳，同时转体，从身后肩臂的形象看出。这个动作完成了太极图的图形。在此式中，包含了负阴而 抱阳，阳中有阴，阴中有阳，并阴阳互相联系，互相制约，一分为二，合二为一的筑一体。然，阳中有至阳，阴中尚有至阴，阴极则阳生，阳极则阴生，终于构成了完整的最能象征阴阳对立统一关系的太极。

“混元归一”，和“左右调正”在此功法中完成并体现了人司气机升降的圆运动，通过这两组动作的编排和意念的运用，使人体内与体外的气场得以交换和统一，体内气机有序升降运动，体外气机随体能运动。

混元归一功理(2)

由于心肾是升降的根本，肾是升降，启动的动力，功法中通过左右调正的下手轻拍命门，上手承接天阳，混元归一动作中的两手随身体左、右、上、下俯身弯腰做圆 周运动，即达到坎阳发动，肾水温升脾转肝升，于是水升火降，坎离交泰，从而完成左阴升，右凉降的气化圆运动形式，也即在肾阳命火的发动下，中土枢轴转动， 致使肝脾温升而心肺凉降。其中，肾水本应下沉，之所以能上济心火，是因为坎阳的发动，心火本性上炎，却反下降，又是因为肾水的上济，以阴阳互根之理矣。百 而脾胃是升降化源的根本，脾胃二者一为阴土本湿，一为阳土性燥，燥湿调停，中气得以化源，中阳发动枢轴始能运转，脾升肝才能升，胃降肺始能降。而肝肺又是 升降的翼佐、肝藏血；肺藏气，肝肺的升降运动实际上也就是气血的升降调整，肝——右，先行于左，肺——右，右三叶左两叶，犹如两翼一样，肝主升发，肺司肃降，故左半圆的温升需赖肝木的温升，右半圆习的凉降必须依肺金的顺降。

以上说明，脏腑气机升降圆运动是一种气化运动，取决于心肾水火的平衡，脾胃燥湿的调停，以及肺肝气血的协调。

“左右调正，，特别是在“六方和合”和“柱地通天”的基础习上，以转动形体，进一步活动椎体，疏通大椎，命门穴和上展目的经脉，促进小周天的气血循环。为督脉补充了能量，增强了肾功能和下丹田的活力，也调节了中枢神经高、低两个部分脑与脊髓。这个动作，使上半身之气混沌一团，为全身的混元嗣归一做好准备。

混元归一功理(3)

“足运阴阳”是在‘‘鹤首通关”和“仙鹤点水”两节动功的基础上，进一步疏通下肢的经脉。提膝(下肢放松)踢脚和绷脚面(下肢前外侧拉紧)，这一松一紧，疏通了足三阳经。小腿内收，脚尖跷起(下肢放松)，蹬脚跟(下肢后内侧拉紧)，这一松一紧，疏通了足三阴经。以踝关节为轴，用脚尖内外画圈，运动踝关节，主要是调整足三阴、足三阳，对阴维脉、阳维脉、阴跷脉、阳跷脉进行疏导。这个动作，使下半身之气混沌一团，为全身的混元归一做好准备。

“混元归一”这一动作是全身性运动(上肢、下肢、躯干都在往返轮转画圆)。 全身各关节都拉动放松，动作自然，柔和、舒展、圆活，意、气、形统一，使全身之气混为一体。以前的每个动作，是对身体的各个部位有所侧重地进行锻炼；而这节的动作则是全身性的整体性运动。以前的每个动作，因对身体各部位的锻炼有所侧重，使得气血在身体各部位的循行也有所不同；而这节的动作，使周身的气血得 到平调(阴阳平衡)，使之混为一体，上下一致，内外一致，表里一致，即“混元归一”。

“双回气”属于收功内容。练完混元归一之后，不仅气血在周身的流注得到改善，而且在身体周围还形成一定的“气场”(人体能场)。“双回气”是将体外之气收入体内，储存于丹田。

整个五节动功是“外练筋骨皮，内练精气神”。它对全身(从头至脚)的每个关节都进行了活动，对每个穴位、经络都进行了疏导，对五脏六腑，四肢百骸、皮、肉、筋、骨、脉、脏都进行了锻炼，为身体补充了真气，增大了能量，促进了气血循环，改善了身体固有机能，激发了人体先天潜能。长期坚持锻炼，不仅能强身治病，而且能延年益寿，“返老还童”。